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Rank and Production of Selected Metals for B.C., Canada & the World
Production (Mine Output) and Percentage Comparison
of Selected Metals 2001
   Production (Mine Output) and Percentage Comparison
of Selected Metals 2003
British Columbia, Canada and The World, 2001   British Columbia, Canada and The World, 2003
Mine Output Gold Silver Copper Lead Zinc Moly   Mine Output Gold Silver Copper Lead Zinc Moly
t t   t t t t   t t   t t t t
BC a 24.1 624 280,532 39,287 136,798 8,233   BC a 23 677 250,211 3,540 60,463 8,233
Canada b 160 1,320 633,500 97,200 1,064,700 8,233   Canada b 142 1,309 557,600 81,300 788,300 8,233
World c 2,573 18,700 13,694,500 3,121,700 9,117,600 132,732   World c 2,549 18,961 13,683,500 2,988,700 9,244,000 131,458
     
Mine Output Gold Silver Copper Lead Zinc Moly   Mine Output Gold Silver Copper Lead Zinc Moly
 % % % % % %   % % % % % %
BC as
% of World		 3.3 2.0 1.3 1.5 6.2  
BC as
% of World
 0.9 3.6 1.8 0.1 0.7 6.3
BC as
% of Canada
 15.1 47.2 44.3 40.4 12.8 100.0  
BC as
% of Canada
 16.5 51.7 44.9 4.4 7.7 100.0
Canada
as % of World 		6.2 7.1 4.6 3.1 11.7 6.2   Canada
as % of World 		5.6 6.9 4.1 2.7 8.5 6.3

 

 

 
Canada's 2001 International Ranking in Mine Output of Selected Metalsc
  
Canada's 2003 International Ranking in Mine Output of Selected Metalsc
World Gold* Silver Copper Lead Zinc Moly* World Gold* Silver Copper Lead Zinc Moly*
Rank tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes   Rank tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes
1 S.Africa Mexico Chile Australia China PR U.S.A.   1 S.Africa Peru Chile China PR China PR U.S.A.
395 2,760 4,739,000 759,000 1,693,200 37,600   373 2,921 4,904,200 800,000 1,800,000 34,100
2 U.S.A. Peru U.S.A. China PR Australia Chile   2 Australia Mexico U.S.A. Australia Australia Chile
335 2,571 1,360,000 675,800 1,517,000 33,492   282 2,569 1,130,200 688,000 1,479,000 31,400
3 Australia Australia Indonesia U.S.A. Canada China PR   3 U.S.A. China PR Indonesia  U.S.A. Peru China PR
280 1,970 1,047,400 466,400 1,064,700 28,200   277 1,970 1,003,400 460,200 1,372,800 30,000
4 Indonesia China PR Australia Peru Peru Peru   4 China PR* Australia Peru Peru Canada Canada*
184 1,910 896,000 289,600 1,056,600 9,500   210 1,868 842,600 308,900 788,300 9,575
5 China PR* U.S.A. Peru Canada U.S.A. Canada*   5 Peru Poland Australia Mexico U.S.A.* Peru
182 1,740 722,000 153,900 842,100 8,233   173 1,332 830,000 139,400 738,200 9,500
6 Canada Chile Canada Mexico Mexico Mexico   6 Russia Chile Russia Canada Ireland Armenia
160 1,349 633,500 136,400 428,800 5,518   170 1,313 630,000 81,300 419,000 4,000
7 Russia Canada China PR Sweden Kazakhstan Armenia 7 Indonesia Canada China PR Poland Mexico Mexico
153 1,320 605,000 86,000 344,700 3,400 147 1,740 629,000 54,700 414,000 3,500
8 Peru Poland Russia Morocco Ireland Russia   8 Canada U.S.A. Canada Sweden Kazakhstan Russia
138 1,232 540,000 76,700 298,100 2,600   142 1,239 557,600 50,400 393,200 2,900
China PR (1) = metal production;   Canada* = metal contained in concentrates produced per NRCan;   * = metal content
Gold* = metal content;   Moly* = metal content - source U.S.G.S.
Mine Output (Production) represents the assay content of recoverable metal in concentrates produced.

 

SOURCES:   Natural Resources Canada; United States Geological Survey; World Bureau of Metal Statistics
BC a     NRCan: Mineral Production of Canada, by Province and Territory
  NRCan: Minerals & Mining Statistics On-Line - Other Requests
Canada b     NRCan: Canadian Mine Production
  NRCan: Minerals & Mining Statistics On-Line - Other Requests
World c     NRCan: World Nonferrous Metal Statistics
  World Bureau of Metal Statistics

 

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Last updated August 08, 2005